Wire-fence stay



(NoMode L) L. W. LINDLEY.

' WIRE FENCE STAY. No. 386,019. Patented July 10, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAFAYETTE LINDLEY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Wl RE-FENCE STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,019,8ated July 10,1888. Application filed April 7, 1888, Serial No. 269,969. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAFAYETTE W. LIND- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,-residing at Louisville, in the county of J efferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWire-Fence Stays, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention is particularly designed to produce an improved wire-stayfor wire fences.

Heretofore it has been usual to employ as a means of keeping thehorizontal wires of the I fence the proper distance apart a single rigidvertical wire-stay, which extended from the lower wire to the top wireof the fence and was secured to each horizontalwire of the fence at thepoint of intersection with the same. This method of staying the wireshas to a certain extent been found to be defective,

inasmuch as' the stay-wire will become permanently bent out of shapewhen adownward pressure or strain is exerted upon the upper wires of thefence, thus preventing the horizontal wires'from resuming their normalposition after such pressure is removed. In this way the stay isprevented from subserving its designed purpose.

It is the essential object of this invention to provide a wire fence(plain or barbed)with a vertical yielding wire-stay that will not onlyprevent the horizontal wires of the fence from spreading vertically, butwill also permit the upper wires of the fence to yield or give understrain or pressure without permanently bending the stay-wire,whereby theupper wire or wires'of the fence may resume their normal position aftersuch pressure "is removed, as

. will be-niore fully hereinafter specified;

Theinvention consists in the novel construction of a stay-wire,hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in pended.

Referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 represents a view of a portion of a wire fencewith three of my improved stay-wires applied to it, and Fig. 2 a detail'view of the upper portion of the stay-wire.

v In the drawings, the letter A designates the horizontal wires of thefence, and B the vertical stay-wires applied thereto.

being perfectly free to the claims ap- The preferred construction ofstay is that shown at the left of Fig; 1. In this form the stay isfastened to the lowest wire of the fence by a few turns around the same,and from thence it is carried up vertically to the next wire, aroundwhich it is also wrapped once or twice, and so on up to the top wire, towhich the end of the stay-wire is fastened by a few .turns around thesame, the stay being given one or two turns around each horizontal wireat the point of their intersection. Between the two uppermost wires ofthe fence this staywire has inserted in its length a loose wire link, 0,which is preferably constructed as shown. This link consists in thisinstance of asingle piece of wire having formed on its 7 ends loops oreyes a. It is loosely attached to'the stay-wire by means of these loopsa, the

adjacent ends of the stay-wire being provided with similar loops, 1),with which the said loops of the interposed link interlock. The loopsare preferably formed on the wires by doubling the ends of the same overand wrapping ortwisting them around the main wire a few times, asclearly shown.

The stay shown in the center ofFig. 1- differs only from the one at theleft of the figure in that it has an additional link inserted in itbetween the second and third wires from the top of the fence. In thestay shown in the right of the figure the links are inserted in all-thespaces between the wires. I prefer to insert the link only between thetwo upper wires, as that is usually sufficient; but I do 'not desire tolimit myself in this particular.v

It will be observed that with my improved stay the upper wires of thefence may be pressed down without bending and destroying the efficacy ofthe stay, the said upper wires fly back into their. proper positionafter the pressure or strain upon them is removed.

It is usual to use a series of these stays between the posts of thefence. I do not wish to confine myself-to extending the stay-wireentirely-across the fence, as I find in practice that it is sufficientto extend it to the second wire from the top wire, leaving the samefree.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isi l. The combination, with thehorizontal wires of {L wire fence, of a vertical wire-siay secured tothe horizontal wires at the point of intersection with the same, and aloose independent link inserted in the said stay wi re between two ofthe said horizontal wires of the fence, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the horizontal wires of it wire fence, of avertical wiresmy secured to the horizontal wires of the fence atthe'point of intersection with the some, and a loose independent link,0, inserted in the said vertical stay-wire between two of the horizontalwires of the fence, the said link 0 having; formed on its ends loops oreyes a a, which I5 interlock with loops Q 1), formed on the adjajeetends of the stay-wire, substantially as described.

,3. The combination, with the horizontal wires of the fence, of avertical wire-stay seon red to the said horizontal wires by wrapping thestay-wire around the same at the point of intersection, and a looseindependent link, 0,

inserted in the said stay-wire between two of the horizontalwires,snbstm1tiall y as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatnrein 25 presence of ml Null-h l

